Golf-club.



W. ROBERTSON.

GOLF CLUB.

APPLICATION FILED DECJI, 1916.

1 fifi fi qcfi D Patented June 18, 1918.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON, OF OAKIVIONT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF 'JlO PETER ROBERTSON, OF NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK.

GOLF-CLUB.

, Application filed December 11, 1916.

My invention relates to golf clubs, its object being to provide a golf club which is properly weighted for the Work to be done, for example, for obtaining distance, and

which is more simple to construct, and overcomes difficulties in manufacture and by which, if desired, the location of the weight can be varied to suit the needs of the user.

It comprises, generally stated, a golf club having a wooden head extending for the entire width of the club head and having the entire weighting of the club formed of an irregular shaped metal base-plate secured to the bottom of the wooden head. for. example, the base-plate having irregular shaped upper faces fitted to the lower face of the wooden head, and varying in thickness for the character of club desired and according to the requirements of the user. It also comprises other improvements, as hereafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a head of a driver or brassy embodying the.invention; Fig. 2 is a crosssection on the line 22, Fig. 1; Figs. 3 and 4- are like views of different forms of clubs embodying the invention; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a metal base-plate having a lug enlargement. Figs. 6 and 7 are views of the invention as applied to t driver; and Figs. 8 and 9 are views of the invention, as applied to a putter.

I have illustrated the invention, for-example, in connection with a brassy or like driving club, and it has the handle 1, the wooden head 2, and the metal base-plate 3. The wooden head 2 extends for the entire width of the club head, and below the same is the metal base-plate 3 which extends entirely beneath the wooden head. This base-- plate is made of sufficient thickness to give the desired weighting for the club, all inserts, either in the back face or the front face of the wooden head, which have been used in the ordinary golf clubs being done away with. The base plate 1s of irregular Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June as, rare.

Serial No. 136,265.

thickness, having the ordinary bottom face 5, and having its body of different thicknesses in different parts of the club, for example, at the edge 6 nearest the driving face it will naturally be thin and of substantially uniform thickness, while at the edge forming part of the back face of the club, it will be thick, as at 7, so placing the greatest weight of the metal base-plate at the lower outer portion of the club head, and the base plate may thus vary in thickness upon that general principle, bringing the weight of the club in position to give the greatest force in driving, the weight being distributed over the entire bottom face of the club to give thebest effect in driving, there being but little weight at the front edge and the weight increasing toward the back edge of the club, while the entire weighting is along the bottom of the club. Experience has shown that this gives greater effective distance from the club.

The club also has the advantage that by locating the weight on the base-plate in different positions, the club becomes effective to correct different faults of the user; for instance, where the base-plate is set with the lug 8 of the greatest thickness or weight forward of the center of the club, as shown in full lines, Fig. 1, it will overcome a tendency to slice; and where this weight 8 is set rather back of the center of the club, as in dotted lines Fig. 1, it will overcome a tendency to pull. To provide means for giving such results, the base-plate may be formed with a lug or enlargement on its upper face, such as the enlargement 8 in Fig. 5. Such base-plate gives the, advantage of placing the weight at the exact position desired.

The club may have drilled holes 8- in the base plate as in Figs. 6 and 7, and these holes may be used either to lighten the club, and they may, if desired, be filled with wooden plugs, as at 10, or to increase the weight, in which case they may be filled with lead plugs, as at 11. This feature forms the subject matter of a separate application filed by me October 21, 1917, Serial No. 198,241. This figure also shows the fiber edge plate 12 fitted to the metal base plate, thus overcoming the necessity of recessing the wooden head'to receive such fiber edge plate, as in the usual club construction.

construction of drivers. The invention may also be employed to advantage in putters as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The putter having the wooden head 13 extends for the entire width of the club head and a thick heavy base plate 14, corresponding in shape thereto and being entirely covered by the Wooden head, is formed to the desired Weight for the user, the base plate being made on the same principles as those above described in connection with the brassy. Experience has proven that with the weight so distributed entirely at the bottom of the club, a very effective and accurate putter is obtained,

and one which in addition to providing the weight for long putts, is very accurate for careful putting.

The'tools made in accordance with the invention, may, of course,-be varied as found desirable.

What I claim is:

1. A golf club having a wooden head extending for the entire width of the club head and having the entire weighting of the club formed of a metal base-plate extending entirely beneath the wooden head and of varying thickness transversely of the club head.

2. A golf club having a wooden head extending for the entire width of the club head and having a metal base-plate extending entirely beneath the wooden head, said base-plate being of greater thickness at its outer edge than that nearest the driving face of the club. a

3. A golf club having a wooden head extending the entire width of the club head and having a metal base-plate extending entirely beneath the wooden head provided with an irregular shaped upper face formed 'with an upwardly-extending lug fitting beneath the lower face of .the wooden head.

4:. A golf club having a wooden head extending the entire width of the club head, and having the entire Weighting of the club formed of a metal base-plate secured to the bottom of and extending entirely beneath the bottom of the wooden head, said baseplate being of substantially uniform thickness for a portion near the driving face and then of increased thickness near the outer face of the club. v

5. A golf club having a wooden head extending the entire width of the club head, and having the entire weighting of the club formed of a. metal base-plate secured to the bottom of and extending entirely beneath the bottom of the wooden head, said baseplate being of substantially uniform thickness for a portion near the driving face and then of increased thickness near the outer face of the club, the thickne$ of the outer portion of the weight being gradually increased from the portion of uniform thickness to the outer face of the club.

' In testimony whereof, I the said WILLIAM ROBERTSON, have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. WILL, J. R. Knnnrn; 

